Intellectual Romantic Gifts

'Single math professor in search of an intelligent woman. Send an example of your favorite equation.'

Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Science of Love

Carbon Dating.

Relationship counselor: 'She started behaving strangely, and our man-machine interface has become unpredictable.'

"I did the math. If we want to read all of Proust in this lifetime, we have to start tomorrow morning."

Reginald Bunthorne

"But if you change your system preferences to match mine, is it really love?"

Big Data Tonight

Online Dating

"Now that was post-modern sex."

"I know what you're thinking - all I am to you is a vector."

"The moon, the dinner, dancing. How could this night be more perfect?"

"You looked a lot bigger on your dating profile."

'I think the computer has a crush on me. It asked me to remain after class.'

Intellectual Foreplay...

'Young Love'

"The best place to make black hole discoveries is in the bedroom."

"This is never going to work—you're a tree!"

'Stop quoting from films and get on with it.'

Romance is more difficult for robots than it is for people. Sure, we can check for compatibility by comparing operating systems but until battery technology improves, all our relationships will be on-again, off-again. Worst of all, we can't handle passion. When the sparks are flying a romance blowup will follow.

'Isn't it romantic, being married in the same alley where we first met eight months ago?'

'That must be my computer date.'

I Drew a Hot Guy

"The great thing about a science background is I can understand what you're experiencing in biochemical terms."

"Love comes and goes, Janet, but this is true co-dependency!"

Brenda second-guesses her decision to date a wi-fi hotspot.

"I'm so glad you suggested we insert his heart on Valentine's Day!"

"I see - Gravity keeps the Earth in orbit but love makes the world go 'round."

No, Hal, I don't have a picture of you in my wallet, but much better than that...you're my screen-saver at work!

"I talked Vladi into skipping the transition to democracy in his country and just shooting straight over here with me."

"No one is denying that you're smart. For that to happen someone would have to say you're smart."

"Not on my watch..."

Bio Lab. The experiments indicate olfactory sensing of pheromones might play a role in romantic attraction. Love is blind but it has a great sense of smell!

'Is the magic gone? We no longer text each other while in the same room anymore.'

"I’ve only been able to find movies, music, and restaurants that I kind of like using apps, but I’m hoping they’ll lead me to the love of my life."